Groceries and convenience · County · Nevada
Grocery stores in Washoe County, NV
How Washoe County, NV compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #155 of 2,070 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 91
- 26 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 64
- +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On groceries · $6,272 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.7M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 509,386
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Washoe County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #155 of 2,070 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery stores.
At $6,272 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Washoe County spend about $1.2B a year on groceries. Spread across 91 grocery stores, that is $13.7M per store, 48% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Washoe County has 91 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Washoe County in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 3,114 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show Washoe County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Washoe County compares
The same measures for Nevada and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Washoe County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.7M | $13.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,114 | 3,322 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | +9.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,272 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $88,096 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62 → 64+3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,674
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $130.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 135The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Washoe County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Washoe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 509,386+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 199,296
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,316 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $88,096+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,937
- Median home value
- $539,900
- Jobs located here
- 242,902
- Daytime population
- 492,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nye County, NV | 84 | 6 | 2.7 | $20.7M | +10.3% | #115 of 2,070 |
| 2Douglas County, NV | 83 | 6 | 2.8 | $22.6M | +1.2% | #128 of 2,070 |
| 3Clark County, NV | 82 | 371 | 4.3 | $13.9M | +5.8% | #153 of 2,070 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 82 | 91 | 4.6 | $13.7M | +4.4% | #155 of 2,070 |
| 5Lyon County, NV | 73 | 14 | 5.9 | $10.2M | +9.5% | #343 of 2,070 |
| 6Carson City, NV | 64 | 11 | 4.6 | $12.7M | −0.2% | #561 of 2,070 |
| 7Elko County, NV | 61 | 8 | 4.1 | $14.9M | +2.1% | #637 of 2,070 |
| 8Churchill County, NV | 44 | 8 | 8.4 | $7.1M | +1.1% | #1,231 of 2,070 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 36 | 6 | 8.7 | $6.8M | 0.0% | #1,479 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Washoe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores75
- Grocery stores82
- Convenience stores70
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Washoe County, NV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 grocery stores in Washoe County. 26 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Washoe County, NV spend on groceries?
About $1.2B a year, or $6,272 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $13.7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 199,296 households in Washoe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washoe County, NV compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Washoe County has 4.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $13.7M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Washoe County would have about 135, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,114 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Washoe County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Washoe County at 509,386 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 199,296 households. The median household income in Washoe County is $88,096 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Washoe County scores 82 for grocery stores (high), #155 of 2,070 scored counties.
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